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THE HAWKS AND OWLS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Length: 19.50 to 24.00 inches (495 to 610 mra ) ; extent, 40.00 to 45.00 

 inches (10W to 1143 mm ); wing, 12.90 to 16.00 inches (328 to 406 mm ); 

 tail, 8.80 to 10.50 inches (223 to 267 mm ). 



Table showing the results of examinations of 1£4 stomachs of the Marsh Hawk 



(Circus hudsonius). 



Locality. 



Date. 



Poultry 



or game 



birds. 



Other birds. 



Mammals. 



Miscellaneous. 



Amityville,L.I.,N.Y. 

 Washington, D. C 



Bergen County, N. J. . . 



Oct. 17,1885 

 Oct. 29,1886 

 Nov. 26, 1885 

 Jan., 1887 

 Feb. 11,1887 

 Oct. 2, 1887 

 Oct. 14,1887 

 Nov. 17, 1887 



Nov. 18, 1887 



Nov. 23, 1887 

 July 5,1887 



July 30, 1887 







Meadow mouse . 

 3 meadow mice . . 

 Meadow mouse . 

 ...do 





















, 



Sandy Spring, Md 



Do 















Meadow mouse . 

 do . 





Do 









Do 







2 pine mice, 



2 meadow mice. 



Pine mouse, 



2 meadow mice. 



Meadow mouse . 



2 striped go- 

 phers. 



Striped gopher.. 



Hair of striped 

 gopher. 



Striped gopher.. 





Do 





Tree sparrow... 





Do 







Travare, S. Dak 















Do 









Do 



do.. 









Oakdale, N. Y 



Oct. 4, 1887 

 Oct. 18,1887 

 Sept. 17, 1887 

 Oct. 5, 1886 

 Aug. 11, 1887 

 Aug. 17, 1887 

 Oct. 17,1887 

 Eeb. 13,1887 

 Oct. 1, 1881 

 Sept. 17, 1882 

 Sept. 17, 1887 

 Sept. 24, 1887 

 Nov. 12, 1886 

 Oct. 17,1886 

 Dec. 7,1886 

 Sept. 11, 1886 

 Aug. 22, 1878 

 Aug. 30, 1878 

 Nov. 5,1879 

 Oct., 1869 



....do 









Long Island City, N.Y. 







2 meadow mice . 





Duck.. 













Meadow mouse. 

 Striped gopher.. 

 Meadow mouse . 

 ....do 













Do 









Sandy Spring, Md 



Do 















Empty. 



SingSing,N.Y 



Do 

















Wethersfield. Conn 







Mice 





Do 







do 





East Hartford, Conn . . 







3 meadow mice.. 

 2 meadow mice.. 

 Skunk 





Do 









Paint Rock, Tex 









Washington, D. C 











East Bradford, Pa 







Mice 





Westtown, Pa 







....do 





Oxford, Pa 







....do 





Brazile Creek, Nebr . . . 









Reptiles, 69 in- 



Do 









sects. 

 15 locusts, 77 



Otoe County, Nebr 



Sarpy County, Nebr. . . 



Sept., 1864 

 do....... 









other insects. 

 71 locusts, 10 









other insects. 

 Lizard, 6 9 1 o • 



Do 



....do 





* 





custs. 

 51 locusts. 



Douglas County, Nebr. 

 Elmira, N. Y 



Oct., 1864 



May 7, 1886 

 July 11,1886 

 Aug. 17, 1886 



I ' 





Lizards, 43 lo- 









custs. 



Do 









Beetles. 



Tyrone, N.Y... 







Bed squirrel 



Eield mice 





^ Do 









Barton,N.Y 



Aug. 1,1886 



Mar. 17, 1888 

 Mar 28,1888 

 Nov. 28, 1886 

 Apr. 20, 1886 



Wood- 

 cock. 





Beetles. 



Hale County, Ala 









Washington, D. C 







Meadow mouse . 

 Eield mouse 





Kalamazoo, Mich 









Do 









Hollis,N.H 









Striped snake. 



Concord, Mass 











Montauk Pt., L.I., N.Y 



Sept. 4,1885 

 Sept. 11, 1885 

 Sept. 24, 1885 

 Nov. 26, 1885 

 Dec. 22,1883 

 Jan. 1, 1886 

 Oct. 29,1886 

 Oct. 13,1888 

 Oct. 22,1888 

 Nov. 22. 1885 









Erogs. 



Do 







Moles (?) 





Hackensack, N. J 









Sckraalenburg, N. J . . . 









Insects. 



Jackson County, Mo . . 





Birds . 







St. Helena Island, S. C. 











Raleigh, N.C 







Meadow mouse . 





Do! 





3 small birds 





Do 









Brookville, Ind 







2 meadow mice. . 





Saratoga County, N.YJ Sept. 1, 1877 

 Rensselaer County,N.Y| Aug. 9,1879 





Sparrow 







Meadow mouse . 





